Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-05-17
NEWS SUNNI AIRY.


tory Lnw-Threw Train from the
Track.
A conflic, occurred in Indianapolis
on Sunday between the police and the
'"bob tail" street car drivers. A city
ordinance went into effect on Saturday
night requiring the drivers to call oct
the names OF streets as they were
crossed by the cars. The drivers held
conferences and decided that they would
rot obey the law, claiming the com
pany should put conductors on II such
work was to bs done. In consequence
over a hundred OF the men were ar
r. sted and there was tome Interference
with travel until the street car com-
pany made an arrangement to become
Responsible fer the drivers appearance
The Attorney General Of Iowa has Of
fcially advised SHERIFF. and other State
flicers that" when engaged IN enforcing
|tbs prohibitory law they have the right
OF way, ard are to pay no attention to
the interference OF Federal authori-
ties" The case which occAsioned the
opinion was one In Atlantic, where q
Isheriff, who attempted to oontscate the
prod uct Of p brewery, was ordered to
stop ty O revenue collector who claimed
prior right to the beer on the ground
that IL had not paid the government
tax.
James and William Murphy, aged
resp. ctively IL and 10 years. are In jail
At Eau Claire, Wisconsin. on the charge
| OF having thrown q railroad train from
| tho track near that city about ten weeks
ago. Several trains had barely escaped
being wrecked several times in succes
sion, WHEN the company put armed
guards at the switch siDce which time
no accidents have happened. The
Murphy boys had been reading dime
novels. n
At Waterbury, Connecticut. on Mon.
day, Alexander Broomtield, aged 90
years, shot and wounded Warren b.
Frost and then COM Initted suicide. Frost
Id one o. the foremen OF the Waterbury
Brass Company. Beveral years ago
Broom6eld WAS discharged from the
mill for drunkenness, and had always,
In consequence, cherished q Rrudge
against Frost. The iatter's injuries are
not considered dangerc US.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Trea-
sury 10 of the opinion that the provision
OF the law prohi biting the importation
X
! t. persons residing In Drunmondville,
Canada. who earn their subsistence In
ltlis country, coming over the Suspen.
sion Bridge at Niagara Falls in the
morning and returning to their homes
10 the evening.
At Sunbury, Pa, Monday, John Gin
grich, who WAS on trial for the murder
Of James Haley, after he had been
elected from the Poor House, of which
Ginsrich was manager, and who wa,
icoavicted OF invo. urtary granddaughter,
iwss Monnay sentenced to pay tine OF
S25, aad to undergo an impris1nment OF
ive ycSrs, with labor, Ia the Suu5ury
jal.
| Edward Morris, Of tho Fairbarks
Gaming Compsny, of Chicago, caoled
20 that city from Psris Monday that he
hsd concluded contract OF / 300. COO
kil3s 0, canned mea. for tie French
Amy ana 600 600 kilos for tho navy,
rnis 10 said TO ba the largest contract
ever made with ca American arm by a
tcEei6h Ro7urnmeit.
Tho st.nmor u Z,aland,a, at San Fran
clsc9 from Sydney, New South Wales,
IrepIT'e that the bottles OF eighty FIVE
victims Of the Pulli coliery disaster,
lneAr Sydney, have been recovered. The
Inquest resulted In g verdict that the
lsxp.caiGl was duo to tho disregsrdinG
10! iho rule prohibiting miners from
working where ga3 existed.
B@an Erothors, we'll known cattlemen
Iof Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. made
an assiunncn: on Monday. L!ab!litiee
III 100000; Rsests, noninslly about the
Ys;ne Tao cause Of the failure WAS the
shriuhaGe In values daring the last few
yyoscs.
At lacrosse, Wiaconsip, OF SUNDAY
sveninE, Miss Lotzke and John Beye,
swent beating with two otber friends
Beyor, to iriahten Miss Lo;zke, rock ed
he boa 1t cAIs.zed and he and sh,
Ewore drowned.
\ The bottles of seventeen moro vic
films haze hefn brought out os tho Goa
mime at Nansims, British Colunhln
SIX wht.e9 and eleven Obinameu r..
Iyet 10 he forud. All the bodies are bad
Ely Luinea.
J Ia Ihc oil conspiracy case at Buffal,
lycet e-AA5, rGateE co wGs suspended 70
wenty days to give the defendant tim
20 prepare exceptions. and their bal
/ EEs al!0 Hed to stand at $1,000.
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